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VIBRATION ANALYSIS SOLUTION Beyond Ultrasonic Sensing: ImpactVUE® High-Frequency Data Acquisition for Precision Monitoring

Identify the faults standard vibration trends can miss. Find out how the Waites ImpactVUE® higher-frequency data acquisition solution provides a more accurate picture of your machine’s condition.

Detect Early-Stage Defects

2025_Icons_Degradation Acute_yellow box  Lubrication Issues

Safety and Compliance_yellow  Bearing Health

Early fault detection_yellow  Gearbox Integrity

Unlock Advanced Machinery Insights

Some of the earliest signs of machine failure do not show up as big changes in vibration. They start as tiny, repeated impacts, often hidden in normal machine noise. Waites ImpactVUE isolates those high-frequency impact patterns, connects them to specific fault conditions, and helps your team act before a small defect becomes unplanned downtime.

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See What Standard Readings Miss. Standard vibration helps show how a machine is moving. ImpactVUE helps reveal the small, repeated impacts that may indicate a fault is forming earlier in the failure curve.

WHAT IMPACTVUE SOLVES

Failures Start Small. ImpactVUE Hears Them First.

Bearing defects that hide in the noise

A bearing can begin showing signs of failure long before it becomes obvious in a standard vibration trend. ImpactVUE detects the earliest impacts associated with cage, inner race, and outer race defects, giving teams clearer visibility while the issue is still manageable.

Slow-speed assets that are hard to monitor

Slow-speed equipment can be difficult to evaluate with traditional vibration alone. ImpactVUE captures longer waveforms, up to 60 seconds, so even assets turning as slow as 1 RPM can be monitored with enough data to see a full revolution.

Gearbox issues before they become failure events

Worn, damaged, or misaligned gear teeth create repeatable impact signatures as they mesh. ImpactVUE helps identify those patterns so teams can plan a repair instead of reacting to a breakdown.

Lubrication problems before damage progresses

Poor lubrication often shows up first as high-frequency energy created by increased friction and contact. ImpactVUE helps surface those early warning signs before lubrication issues turn into more serious mechanical damage.

HOW IMPACTVUE WORKS

Precision Monitoring: From Machine Noise to a Named Fault

  1. Filter

    Low-frequency machine noise removed.

  2. Isolate

    Highest-amplitude impact peaks sampled.

  3. Diagnose

    Patterns matched to faults, analyst-validated.

SPECIFICATIONS

Built for Monitoring Slow-Rotating Equipment

100 kHz
Sampling rate
50 kHz
Impact energy captured
1 RPM
Slow-speed visibility
60 sec
Max waveform

Is ImpactVUE Ultrasonic?

 Yes, but it goes beyond a traditional ultrasonic reading, zeroing in on what’s at fault with precision.

+ Same range

Capturing ultrasonic-range energy up to 50 kHz, it hears what an ultrasonic tool hears. 

+ Different outcome

Continuous 24/7 monitoring, trended over time, with impacts connected to named faults and analyst validation. 

Ultrasonic gives you a reading. ImpactVUE gives you an answer.

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Why ImpactVUE?

The value of ImpactVUE is earlier, clearer fault visibility with context your team can act on.

Developing faults that are difficult to see in standard vibration trends, especially on slow-speed equipment, can appear more clearly in ImpactVUE data. Instead of waiting for a problem to become obvious, your team gets a validated recommendation that explains what is happening, how it is progressing, and what action to take.

That means fewer surprises, better maintenance planning, and more confidence in the decisions that keep production running.

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SENSOR MOTE

This high-frequency, high-G, 3-axis wireless vibration sensor will keep your equipment running properly, and alert you long before unexpected failures occur. This all-in-one condition monitoring device is rated intrinsically safe and made to withstand the harshest conditions, including C1D1 environments. 

  • ​Advanced sensors designed for continuous, real-time equipment monitoring. 
  • Detects vibration, temperature, and other key performance metrics to identify potential issues across 3 axes ​.​ 
  • Compact, durable, and easy to install on a wide range of equipment. 
  • Collects accurate, high-frequency data to ensure comprehensive machine health analysis. 
  • ​Built to withstand harsh industrial environments

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TETHERED SENSOR

The Waites tethered sensor is an ultra-compact, high-precision device that plugs directly into a node, enabling expanded coverage without requiring additional wireless connections. Its small form factor allows for placement in tight or complex spaces, ensuring comprehensive monitoring of critical assets while maintaining seamless data integration. Tethered sensors enable placement in hard to access locations including environments with high-speed rotating machinery and do not require batteries.

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02 DATA TRANSFERING

WAITES UNIVERSAL ADAPTER

The Waites Universal Adapter is a powerful expansion tool that enables seamless integration with third-party sensors, allowing businesses to ingest additional data for a more comprehensive view of equipment health. By extending Waites’ predictive maintenance capabilities beyond its proprietary sensors, the Universal Adapter ensures organizations can leverage existing infrastructure while enhancing operational insights. 

  • Broad Compatibility: Integrates with almost any third-party sensor to pull in critical equipment data. 
  • Enhanced Equipment Visibility: Aggregates multiple data sources for a complete, real-time picture of asset health. 
  • ​Scalable & Flexible: Captures data one type at a time, allowing targeted analysis without overwhelming systems. Can ingest any type of data – such as pressure and flow – and integrate it with the Waites system.  
  • By utilizing the Waites Universal Adapter, organizations can maximize the value of their existing sensor investments while ensuring a holistic and proactive approach to predictive maintenance.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ImpactVUE?

ImpactVUE® is a high-frequency vibration signal processing capability built into Waites sensors that detects early bearing, gearbox, lubrication, and looseness faults by isolating impact patterns that standard vibration trends can miss.

Which Waites sensors include ImpactVUE?

ImpactVUE is built into the S4, PiezoNode, SM1, SM6, and SM7 sensors.

Does ImpactVUE work on slow-speed equipment?

Yes. ImpactVUE provides visibility on assets turning as slow as 1 RPM, capturing waveforms up to 60 seconds to ensure a full mechanical revolution is included.

How is ImpactVUE different from ultrasonic inspection?

Both capture high-frequency energy in the ultrasonic range. The difference is that ImpactVUE monitors continuously, trends data over time, and uses signal processing to connect impacts to specific fault types, rather than providing a point-in-time reading.

What faults does ImpactVUE detect?

ImpactVUE detects bearing defects such as cage, inner race, and outer race, gearbox issues such as worn or misaligned gear teeth, mechanical looseness, and early lubrication problems.

Clearer Answers, Earlier in the Failure Curve

Validated recommendations before small issues become production-impacting failures.